Where does “Hunjskrankheit” come from?

Hunjskrankheit (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Krankheit, from Plautdietsch krank, from Low German krank, from Middle Low German krank, from Old Saxon krank, from Proto-West Germanic krank, from Proto-Germanic krankaz, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Hunjskrankheit (Plautdietsch): distemper

Definitions

  1. distemper

Ancestry of “Hunjskrankheit”, step by step

Hunjskrankheit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Krankheit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKrankheitdisease, illness, sickness, malady
2Plautdietschkrankill, sick
3Low Germankrank
4Middle Low Germankrank
5Old Saxonkrank
6Proto-West Germanickrankweak, sick
7Proto-Germanickrankazbent; crooked; weak
8Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via Plautdietsch Hunt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschHuntdog
2Old Saxonhunda dog
3Proto-West Germanichunddog
4Proto-Germanichundazdog
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger-Every word from Proto-Germanic krankazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic krank